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Maybe, just maybe, we look at closed doors all wrong. There's a popular saying that goes something like this: " when God closes one door he opens another.” We just tend to think that it is going to open immediately. Like, right when we want it. We pace and huff and get down in …
Continue reading "Closed Door Blessings"
{Let me preface this post with this...I originally wrote the main part of this post 2 days before God spoke to me through the obedient vessels who are my sweet sisters in Christ. (they know who they are). If you don't believe that God still speaks to you through others and by The power of …
Continue reading "Hidden Away No Longer"
(One of my favorite verses. I even wear it daily on a bracelet I had made.) Romans 12:12 ~ Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. As I start my day, I am so blessed to look at this Thankful Tree on my kitchen table and see the leaves of thanks that …
Continue reading "Welcome To My Monday Morning"
It's hard to share personal pieces of my life. There was a time when I was extremely private. I still am even though I share lots of my family and life moments through photos on social media. I share bits and pieces of myself with the world through this space here called Simple Truths. I …
Continue reading "When The Memories Hurt"
I've found that with grief comes moodiness. Some days I'm more irritable than others. Some parts of the day I'm "ok" and at other moments I'm not. Not many people see those sides of my grief. Or if they do, I don't even realize it. Truth is, I don't know when the low moments will …
Continue reading "Without JESUS"
Today, as promised, I am continuing the message : What Are You Filling The Voids With? , and if you missed the first part you should click on the title/link above. To begin this second part of the message, I need to ask you again, if you know HIM and if HE knows you. …
Continue reading "Are You a Sheep or a Goat?"
I recently spoke at a "Girl's Night Out" event that was held at Redland Baptist. Not because I am a "speaker", but because of a youth director's obedience to God and because I knew that when she asked me to do this that it was definitely God wanting me to. Like I said, I am …
Continue reading "I Hear You God"
Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. …
Continue reading "New Year New Me"
Ephesians 5:20 ~ And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Give THANKS for EVERYTHING? Even when the kids are fussing? When the puppy (who is 18 months old) is still tearing things up on a daily basis? When the kids talk back? Give …
Continue reading "Give Thanks or Complain ~ Thankful Thursdays"
I decided to start posting these "Thankful Thursdays" again. See, it is easy to get out of the habit of practicing thanksgiving, and I need little reminders from time to time. Maybe you do as well. While doing one of my morning daily devotions, One Thousand Gifts Devotional by Ann Voskamp, I just …
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Hope For The Broken 